choking-stop breathing

[Anonymous]

it is solubtabs; 15mg–

what kind of diagnostic exams did you guys have for your kids?

or did the prevacid work and no need for invasive exams???

[Anonymous]

ppis have been the answer for most of our babies. you just have to make sure you administer it properly and have a high enough dose! good luck!

[Anonymous]

You may have answered this already, but what formula are you using? Kaelyn used to choke on her spit up when she was on Alimentum, but she did fine when we switched to Nutramigen. They have different viscosities (sp?) which makes Alimentum a little stickier and harder to clear when they spit up. Of course, every baby is different, Alexandra does fine with Alimentum.

[Anonymous]

Hailey had BIG problems with choking when she was smaller. She used to always choke on her formula, she’d turn blue and gasp and then look like she couldn’t breathe, and then she’d eventually start screaming. It happened a lot. It also happened in her sleep and she’d choke on something, and this would eventually lead to her vomitting. It still happens to her, mostly when she has a cold and is mucousy. The mucous triggers her gag reflex and then she refluxes and can’t clear it, but now that she’s older she doesn’t turn blue. Mostly just crying.

Based on what you’re saying about your daughter I would try to catch an episode on tape to show your ped. If your daughter is truly not breathing while this is happening (apnea) then your ped should really get on top of things and try to find out what’s going on. They also have apnea monitors to detect cessation in breathing when they are asleep. I’d ask the doctor about one.

Good luck with the prevacid. Hopefully it makes her more comfortable.

[Anonymous]

Natalia: the dosage is 7.5 mg 2X; when do you see some effects from the meds? has Trace out grown it?

Kim: similac advanced with some rice cereal

Lori:Hailey would get all the way to turning blue?? that is terrible!! did she pass out when she turned blue? what did you do? are you a stay at home mom? When did she grow out of it??

I actually am having a tough day, im feeling overwhelmed and a bit helpless/hopeless–I have been crying a lot today unfortunately

I can’t thank you all enough for the posts; it feels good not to be alone

I haven’t been alone with her since last Friday for too long–my mom and mother in law do shifts and then my husband when he comes home from work

[Anonymous]

I feel so bad for you. Just dealing with the reflux and crying/non-sleeping/feeding babies is difficult but you have a huge twist added in. I had a friend in town here who had a boy who turned blue several times. They would blow in his face and were told to go right to the dr office or ER if it was after hours and they felt it was a prolonged episode. He was on a monitor and that thing went off all the time – probably mostly because the leads would come off. He refluxed and aspirated and would turn blue. It is terrible difficult. She hardly got any sleep and when she did she would wake terrified that he was choking again. They saw many specialists and I know he was on quite a few meds – not exactly sure what tho.

Don’t mean to alarm but I would call and tell the nurse exactly what is happening and that you are quite worried. If your doc isn’t concerned I would get one that is.

So hard when they are such little ones. Good luck and know we are thinking about you.

[Anonymous]

My son choked a lot too, until he was on a good dose of Prevacid. He never went limp or anything but he’d choke and gag and cough, especially during feedings. I think I’d do what Lori suggested and try to catch one of her episodes on tape so you can show it to the doctor.

Prevacid generally takes about two weeks to make a difference. It does stop acid production right away but it takes time for the esophagus to heal. Make sure you give it on an empty stomach and follow it up 30 minutes later with a feeding, and if you don’t see improvement in two weeks ask for a higher dose. My son really needed the high dose that http://www.marci-kids.com recommends, but some babies do ok on lower doses.

Good luck. I hope things improve soon.

ndrose2007-4-22 13:53:20

[Anonymous]

I was wondering if anyone could tell me the best method to administer the prevacid… I have to split a 15mg pill and then I’ve tried dissolving it in water that is within a syringe and then admin it to her but she spit out most of it today–she is appromimately 5kg so according to the MARCI-kids chart that is a bit below their recommendation–but I need to get her the meds correctly and give it time before, right..

My mom, mother in law, husband and brother all were here last night and I got to sleep for 4 plus hours in a row!! I am feeling better-I really have a great support team and talking to all of you has helped tremendously!

–she had a small episode last night, of course, when she was in my arms when formula went up her nose and it freaked her out so she did the waving the arms thing and the holding the breath–I called for my husband and we just sucked out the little saliva and formula from her nose and mouth–it seems by doing that is triggers the gag reflex and she breaths–

my mother in law had a shot of crown royal after the whole episode from the stress… She needed something to calm her nerves!

So if anyone could give me insight on the delivery of the prevacid I would be very greatful!

[Anonymous]

Kaelyn also turned blue. Once we got the ped to understand that she really was having some major problems (at first, he seemed to think that I was just a first time mom who was over reacting), he actually admitted her to the hospital for observation. Within our first half hour there, she had a choking/blue episode with the nurse in her room. The nurse looked at me and said “wow, I see why you’re here”. They kept her for five days until we finally figured out what was going on. Then they sent us home with a pulse-oximeter which would alarm if her oxygen level or pulse rate ever went too low. It finally gave us the peace of mind so we could get some sleep.

As far as the prevacid goes, there have been several posts about it in the past, and I think there are links in Laura’s prevacid 101. We found that it was easiest to hold the 1/2 pill against her cheek until it dissolved. Then we used a syringe to squirt some water in and make sure that she swallowed it all.

[Anonymous]

Here’s the link for prevacid 101

& Prevacid 101(scroll down to the last purple post): https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1936&a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;PN=0&TPN=1

[Anonymous]

getting to the post late, sorry.

If she is continuing to have the episodes and they are more mucousy than fluidy, than it may be food related….my dd had this from 2weeks until recently, basically in the begining at random times, often at night (we had an apnea monitor because of it) and then after 4.5 months she stopped having them once on neocate…BUT then when ever we trialed food, she would get all mucousy again and choke and stop breathing…she was on proper meds, and wasnt in reflux pain or anything…her’s is/was a reaction to food.

just a thought

[Anonymous]

Quinn used to have really bad choking episodes too when she was a newborn. She turned blue from them. We had to call 911 once. Eventually we also found out she had apnea and she was discharged from the NICU on an apnea monitor. We used to have to bulb suction her out too to get her to breathe. It was really scary and I hated it. When she got older… around 4-5 months, she used to give me these sad little “mommy help me eyes”. It would break me down. She’s gotten much better now and still chokes, but she gets through them quickly.

You should video tape the episodes and show them to GI. I think it’s important for them to equip you with an apnea monitor just in case of something like this happening during the night.

Good luck to you.

-Sarah

[Anonymous]

My 3 month old daughter has bad choking episodes too. The pediatric gastroenterologist called it “laryngospasm.” He switched her medication from Zantac to Axid. Anyone else on this? It smells like bubble gum. We haven’t noticed any major improvements on the Axid – just like we didn’t notice any improvement of the Zantac.

The doctor said it is usually at its worst around 3-4 months and we can expect things to get better from here. He suggests that a good body position to help prevent reflux is “tummy time” but she hates that. He said sitting is the worst position. So I spend a very large part of my day holding her upright.

We’re hoping to be over this soon! Any thoughts?

[Anonymous]

hmmm… I thought that putting Q on her tummy actually made her reflux much worse. She threw up more often on her tummy… but at the same time, she didn’t sit up until almost eight months old. I found her reflux did become very severe around 4 months… it started to get better around 10.

Zantac gave Q little help. Prevacid was a better medication for her.

Gotta go now.

-Sarah

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abonyc wrote:

We’re hoping to be over this soon! Any thoughts?

my thoughts: Groupie Intro: my intro: https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=853&am p;PN=1&TPN=1

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